Bracket for shade-rollers.



J. J. FLEMING-y BRACKET FOR SHADE ROLLERS. APPLIUATION FILED MAY 4,1908.

926,399. I Patented June 29, 1909.

J P24211269 9X 3 tn eooeo attain JOHN J. FLEMING, OF PHILADELPHIA,PENNSYLVANIA.

BRACKET FOR SHADE-ROLLERS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 29, 1909.

Application filed May 4, 1908. Serial No. 430,711.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN J. FLEMING, a citizen of the United States,residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBrackets for Shade-Rollers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to brackets for su porting shade rollers and moreparticularly to a bracket formed in one piece with an attaching screw,said bracket having a fiattened curtain-supporting portion and a screwthreaded portion for insertion in a window frame.

The object of my invention is to provide a bracket which may be madevery cheaply, which does not require to be attached by in dependentscrews, which may be easily adjusted in proper position, and which, inone form, may be applied to the inside of a win dow frame, thus allowinga curtain to be hung in a position impossible with the ordinaryindependent bracket.

My invention consists in a shade roller bracket having the particularform, and details of construction illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, and more particularly set forth in the appended claim.

In the drawings, Figure 1, is a perspective view of a curtain roller,and the right and left hand brackets thereof. Fig. 2, is a front view ofthe roller in place, the brackets being partly in section.

Brackets supported by independent screws from the front of the windowcasing are open to a number of objections. Such brackets are supportedby two or more screws passing through a narrow base flange, the screwsbeing difficult to insert, because of the situation of the bracket, andthe narrowness of the base flange. Unless held down very tightly by thescrews the bracket has considerable play, because of the fact that thescrews are not made in one piece with the bracket, but have a comaratively sli ht bearing surface thereon, an are very diflicult to screwin to their full extent.

One of the main features of my invention consists in forming a bracketfrom a blank which is flattened out at one end and screw threaded at theother, cutting in said flattened portion, either a slot to receive thesquared end of the roller axis, or a round aperture for the other end ofsaid axis.

My improved bracket which is particularly adapted to be inserted in theside of a window casing, comprises a rounded bar of metal, flattened atone end and bent at right angles forming a shank 6, and threaded at itsother end forming a screw 7, to be screwed into the window frame. Atransverse notch 8 is made in the bracket to permit the engagement of ascrew driver to screw the bracket home. One bracket is made with a slotor recess 9 to receive a flat pintle at one end of the shade roller, andthe other bracket has a circular opening 10 to receive the cylindricalpintle at the other end of the roller.

It will be obvious that brackets supported on the side of a window frameitself, effectually prevent the entrance of light and very much improvethe appearance of the window. The angular brackets above describedattain these advantages, and may be readily attached and disconnected byany one of average intelligence.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is 1 A bracket for shade rollers formed of around bar, one end of which is flattened out and turned at right anglesto said round bar and formed with means for supporting the axis of acurtain roller, the other end of said bar at right angles to the planeof said body being screw threaded for the insertion into a window frame.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

M. O. LYDDANE, R. H. KRENKEL.

